BILL NUMBER: ACR 122	CHAPTERED  04/26/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   49
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 26, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 24, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 30, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torlakson

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 122--Relative to Mentor
Appreciation Day.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 122, Torlakson.  Mentor Appreciation Day.
   This measure would designate May 1 of each year as Mentor
Appreciation Day.




   WHEREAS, Many of our young people do not have adequate time with
adults to help them make sense of our increasingly fast-paced,
rapidly-changing world; and
   WHEREAS, One-on-one time with a concerned and attentive adult has
been demonstrated to increase self-esteem, bolster self-discipline,
and raise grades; and
   WHEREAS, Mentoring has been shown to fortify many youths'
incentives to stay away from the all-too-common lures of adolescence:
  drugs, alcohol, gangs, guns, and early parenthood; and
   WHEREAS, Resilient youth are able to resist destructive behaviors,
and resiliency comes from receiving caring and support from loving
people, receiving high expectations from others, and meaningfully
participating in the lives of others; and
   WHEREAS, These experiences foster the two skills of social
competence and ability to solve problems, and the two beliefs of
autonomy and a sense of purpose; and
   WHEREAS, Mentoring has been demonstrated to be instrumental in
creating resiliency in young people; and
   WHEREAS, The song "Mentor" by Daniel-Hill-Daniel coalesces the
spirit of building self-reliance and creating community which
mentoring engenders; and
   WHEREAS, May has previously been established as Mentoring Month;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That May 1 of each year be known as Mentor
Appreciation Day, with "Mentor" as the theme song so that businesses,
agencies, and the media may focus positive attention on the
thousands of individuals who give selflessly of their time throughout
the year, and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
